Localized States in Physics: Solitons and Patterns

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Descalzi, Orazio (Editor), Clerc, Marcel (Editor), Residori, Stefania (Editor), Assanto, Gaetano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum optics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Quantum Optics.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium can create dissipative structures through the spontaneous breaking of symmetries. A particularly fascinating feature of these pattern-forming systems is their tendency to produce spatially confined states. These localized wave packets can exist as pr...